Doubles Comes to Halo 5: Guardians and Big Team Battle is Right Behind It

As a weekend playlist… That’s a start, now how about making these modes permanent. Halo fans picked from three modes to play this weekend. Shotty Snipers returned as one of the options after winning last week’s poll. The other option was Capture The Flag. In the end, Doubles grabbed 64% of the vote with Capture The Flag at 23% and Shotty Snipers at 13%.

“As a reminder, the most popular playlists have the possibility of becoming a permanent offering in the matchmaking lineup,” DelHoyo adds.

It’s hard to believe a Halo mainstay like Snipers has to earn its own mode. Doubles I can understand since it probably had a low population before. But snipers? No way a mode centered around one of Halo’s best power weapons had trouble finding people to play it.

What’s some other modes you would like to see on weekends? Grifball is high on my list. Some modes outside the typical multiplayer experience would also be cool. Team Swords or Infection would be a nice change of pace from the more traditional modes. Let me know what modes you would like to see in the comments below.

Big Team Battle update is right around the corner

Want your big battle fix without the AI of Warzone? Big Team Battle (BTB) is on the way. On November 6th, 343’s Andy Dudynsky revealed the four maps coming soon (at the time, Dudynsky said they were just over a week away. The update should go live by next week at the latest). I hope you like Forge maps.

The four BTB maps are Forge maps inspired by previous Halo maps and designed with the help of community Forgers.

Deadlock riffs off Standoff and was designed with the help of community Forger Nokyard.

Every Halo fan remembers Valhalla. 343’s Multiplayer team designed Basin and used Valhalla as inspiration.

The Psycho Duck helped 343 with Guillotine, a Headlong inspired map.

And Recurve. The Fated Fire assisted with this Longbow inspired map.

I’m excited for the return of BTB. I just hope these maps don’t look as bad as Orion.

Besides BTB, 343 is also bringing more REQ cards I’ll never get. Seriously, how the hell do I still not have the Scorpion, DMR, Banshee or Mantis certification cards? I have enough Mongoose and Plasma Pistols to equip a whole army.

New armor sets, weapon skins, vehicle variants, emblems and assassinations are coming. 343 teases a few of them in the image below. We should hear a bit more about these REQs sometime this week.

Check out the rest of the November update post for more including how 343 is going to tackle the aiming issue some of you have been experiencing.

Halo 5 is great but as of right now is getting a tad dull. Don’t get me wrong, it is the best Halo yet! Warzone is great, even with the new Req system added. It is not invasion to me at all either. Team Arena is good for competitive play – That is the issue! It’s so competitive, which means playing for fun is not happening. Action Sack is what needs to be added or at least unranked areas.

Two of my ranks are Onyx ( 2nd best rank ) so I love competitive play! It’s just lacking that FUN factor it used to have. Maybe big-team battle will harden that factor! Only time will tell, and time is all we have.